Here are the notes I took from watching the game live. Wrote done something on almost every play to see who made more of an impact. I’ll be re-watching this game later.
1st Quarter
- Alex Green fumbled on the first snap of the game. Did not have the ball high and tight. Greg Lloyd forced the fumble.
- On the very next play after the fumble, Delone Carter takes a run to the outside for a 16 yard TD. Showed the necessary speed to get outside and turn the corner. Kyle Adams had a great block on the run.
- Greg Lloyd makes a nice tackle on Alex Green for a short gain.
- Alex Green showed poor vision. Just lowered his shoulder and ran into the back of his guard.
- Justin Trattou came with a very nice speed rush and almost got to Tolzien forcing an inaccurate throw.
- Tyrod Taylor hits Delone Carter out of the backfield for a 3 yard gain. Carter showing he can catch the ball too.
- Nick Bellore makes a nice stop on Delone Carter. Great wrap-up tackle.
- Brandyn Thompson with great coverage on Toliver. He mirrored his route and was in better position to make a play on the ball.
- Perry Baker made a nice tackle on special teams.
- Greg Lloyd with a nice bull rush. Pushed the Guard back into the QB.
- Ryan Whalen makes a catch but only got 1 foot in bounds. Should have been incomplete since they are playing with NFL rules.
- Kenny Rowe with nice pressure off the edge. Forces Tolzien to step up and Martin Parker makes the sack.
- Kenny Rowe again off the edge with great speed. Makes the sack, forces the fumble but can’t recover it for a TD. Matthew O’Donnell got beat both times by Rowe.
- Delone Carter gets a 6 yard gain and showed good power. Dragged Orie Lemon a few yards and fell forward.
- David Carter makes a great play in the backfield for a 2 yard loss.
- Tyrod Taylor stands tall in the pocket and makes a nice throw to Terrance  Turner. Tyrod looked a bit nervous in the pocket though.
- Orie Lemon moved well to the ball carrier to make a tackle.
- Thompson once again mirrors Toliver on the comeback route. Toliver looks like a poor route runner.
- Evan Royster doesn’t hit the hole hard and slows down his momentum.
- Royster gets in from 5 yards out for the TD. Nice block from Randall Hunt on the play.
- Scott Tolzien has to burn a timeout due to a shoe problem.
- Tolzien throws high and incomplete. Trattou with good pressure again.
- Ollie Ogbu with a great swim move against Zac Williams and makes the sack.
- Graig Cooper muffs the punt but he gets it back and gets a decent return off of it. Still doesn’t appear to be as explosive as he was before the injury.
- Jeron Johnson makes a nice open field tackle on Evan Royster. Royster went down easily, lacks power in his legs.
- Pat Devlin completes to Kyle Adams for a short gain. Ball was thrown very high though. Adams had to make a pretty tough catch.
- Graig Copper lowers his shoulder into Ben Jacobs but didn’t get much additional yardage. Charlie Gantt had a very nice block on the play.
2nd Quarter
- Ryan Winterswyk has made 2 good plays now from the backside chasing plays down.
- Jeron Johnson makes an outstanding play in the backfield for a 5 yard loss. Great awareness and tackle.
- Pat Devlin with a poor choice to run the ball on 3rd and long. Only picked up 2 yards.
- Wes Byrum misses a short FG to the right.
- Da’Rel Scott with a nice cut and good burst through the hole. Akeem Dent makes a nice tackle.
- Mario Butler makes a nice PBU. Good break on the  ball.
- Martin Parker comes in with the sack and forces the fumble. Looked very strong and was able to disengage from his blocker.
- Pat Devlin makes a nice throw to Greg Smith who stumbles and falls. He could have scored.
- Delone Carter makes a couple of guys miss in the backfield and manages to pick up 1 yard.
- Devlin throws a dangerous ball to Perry Baker. Darrin Walls had good coverage but didn’t make a play on the ball.
- Cheta Ozougwu with good pressure getting a hand on Devlin to force an incomplete pass on 3rd and goal.
- Trattou gets his hands up to deflect Enderle’s pass at the L.O.S.
- Trattou comes around the edge and makes the sack. He beat Letuli easily.
- Trattou and Akeem Dent both sniff the screen and shut it down.
- Armon Binns make a nice catch plucking the ball out of the air.
- Delone Carter with another nice run to the outside.
- Vai Taua with a great burst and picks up 13 yards. Good blocking on the play by Patrick DiMarco.
- Enderle with a dangerous pass. Demarcus Van Dyke had a chance at picking it off.
- Taua again with a nice burst and lowers his shoulder into Terrell McClain.
- Mario Butler covering Armon Binns, made a nice break on the hitch route but he got there early and P.I. was called.
- Taua makes a nice catch on a low throw from Enderle.
- Enderle with a nice touch pass to the back of the endzone to Julius Thomas for the TD. Very nice throw from Enderle.
- Julius Thomas makes the catch for the 2 pt. conversion. Thomas sold the play fake well. Both we’re good catches from Thomas with his hands.
- Perry Baker with a solid KR. Delone Carter with a great block to help him out.
- Ricky Dobbs with a good run. Showed very good burst on the QB draw.
- Dobbs again pulls it down and runs for a first down.
- Greg Smith makes a nice catch and takes a hit. Pretty poor throw from Dobbs.
- Randall Hunt gets called for holding.
- Terrence Turner makes a nice diving catch. Good pressure from Chris Carter.
- Ricky Dobbs has missed high on nearly all of his throws.
- Wes Byrum misses way short from 43 yards. Looked like he kicked the ground before he got the ball. He has looked shaky so far.
- Enderle with a poor throw. Threw it too far inside and Mario Butler should have had an easy pick. Made a great break though. Good pressure from Ollie Ogbu.
- Dobbs with some nice moves to elude tacklers in the backfield and pick up 5 yards.
- Boneheaded play by Kyle Adams who doesn’t go out of bounds and instead cuts back inside with 17 seconds left. Clock runs out and the East misses out on a potential 3 points.
3rd Quarter
- Graig Cooper showing some power moving the pile for an additional few yards. Good block from David Arkin.
- Cooper with a nice cut to pick up the first.
- Winston Venable with a great play to tackle Tyrod Taylor in the open field. Graig Cooper failed to make a block which could have sprung a big play.
- Enderle fumbles the hand off with Alex Green. Looked like Green’s fault not grabbing the ball.
- Marvin Austin with a good hustle to make the tackle on a WR screen down field.
- Enderle steps up but held the ball for way too long and Bruce Miller makes the sack.
- Greg Smith with another nice catch on a poor throw from Tyrod.
- Shiloh Keo and Orie Lemon combine to make a nice hit in the back field. David Arkin pancakes Brandon Bair.
- Keo with another nice play to stop Delone Carter at the L.O.S.
- Alex Green shows a nice burst and the ability to catch out of the back field. Runs hard.
- Martin Parker again with good pressure up the middle.
- Jerrod Johnson with a nice pass to Jordan Cameron. Good touch.
- Greg Lloyd with a nice hit on Alex Green driving him back. Andrew Jackson called for holding.
- Ryan Whalen with a nice catch on a slant route on Justin Rogers.
- Josh Thomas got beat but recovered and turned his head to try to make a play on the ball. Ball was overthrown.
- Jermale Hines makes a good hit on Julius Thomas over the middle. Thomas dropped the ball anticipating the hit.
- Josh McNary with a nice tackle on Jerrod Johnson. Good pressure from Marvin Austin flushing Johnson outside.
4th Quarter
- Pat Devlin throws too high for Kyle Adams and pass falls incomplete.
- Pat Devlin forces a throw into coverage and Winston Venable makes the interception. Brandyn Thompson also with good coverage.
- Jerrod Johnson tries to throw it away but leaves it short and David Sims picks it off on the sideline. Two very bad plays by the QB’s on back-to-back plays.
- Delone Carter with a very nice burst to turn the corner and almost pick up the first in a 3rd and long. Lowered his shoulder too.
- Pat Devlin misses high again on a pass to Royster in the flats.
- Jerrod Johnson with another poor decision. This time the ball was almost picked off by Josh Thomas.
- Brandon Bair with a nice play to tackle Delone Carter on the outside.
- Orie Lemon has made some nice plays sideline-to-sideline
- Dobbs showing off a strong arm on a pass to Perry Baker. Well covered by Brandyn Thompson but nice catch by Baker.
- Royster runs through tackles by Orie Lemon and Brandyn Thomspon. Both we’re very poor tackle attempts.
- Nate Williams makes a bad play in run support. Over pursued and missed the tackle on Royster.
- Dobbs with a bad pass thrown behind Toliver.
- Dobbs throws too high and Nate Williams knocks the ball out of the WR’s hands. Offsetting penalties.
- Another poor pass from Dobbs. Dontay Moch on the coverage, did not turn to make a play on the ball but it bounced off of his head and fell incomplete.
- Kyle Adams makes a nice play on special teams to pin the West on their own 1 yard line.
- Jerrod Johnson fumbles, forced by Chris Walker, and recovered by Marvin Austin for the TD.
- Keo with a very athletic play to block the XP.
- Chris Walker with some decent pressure off the edge. Nice dip and flexibility to get under the tackle.
- Trattou with a great play to break up the screen by batting the pass down from Jerrod Johnson.
- Trattou again brings down Jerrod Johnson from behind after he scrambled.
- Josh Thomas makes a nice hit on Aldrick Robinson after the catch.
- Aldrick Robinson drops a pass on 4th down to end the game.
